MistaVybeWorld.com: 100% INTERACTIVE!

When MistaVybeWorld.com launched on August 12, 2009, it was made very clear that this was not your typical artist website. MistaVybeWorld.com is the first and only interactive artist website within the Soca and Caribbean Community that is facilitated by the artist himself, Mista Vybe.  MistaVybeWorld.com has become a social media site for supporters to comment on Mista Vybe’s various blog postings.  Over the past several weeks, supporters have begun participating by leaving comments in his postings directly on the website.

A perfect example of this is found within Mista Vybe’s recent and highly interactive post “One Hit Wonder???”. Written to counteract a comment made insinuating that Mista Vybe is a “One Hit Wonder”,  his post was a reminder of his work which was open for discussion to the people around the world.

The end result? Read the post and comments HERE and then decide for yourself.

2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) Blogisode 3: Mista Vybe Inna Yuh Dancehall Again (Live At Glow, Berlin)

Blogisode 3, already? YES! Mista Vybe’s reality series “2 D WORLD! (GERMANY)” has received an abundance of positive feedback and we’re really happy to see that people are very much interested in Carnival outside of the regular destinations. Mista Vybe promised, so as long as you request it, he will release it.  For all who continue to show support: Thank You!

WHAT’S GLOW? It’s a themed fete where the patrons are asked to wear all white. Not tan, or beige … WHITE!

A QUICK NOTE: Keep your eyes peeled; there is a performance experience you don’t want to miss!

A special “Thank You” to SocaRevolution.com for posting both “Blogisode 1: Welcome to Deutschland” and “Blogisode 2: Living (And Dying) for Soca” on their site.    

BRAND NEW POST!!!
“Blogisode 3: Mista Vybe Inna Yuh Dancehall Again (Live At Glow, Berlin)” is all about Glow Fete.

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Mista Vybe has spent many years assisting and/or creating projects from behind the scenes and many people have no clue about his level of involvement.  Mista Vybe is a talented artist, musician, arranger and songwriter and definitely has many great memories that he would like to share. “Flashback” was created for this very reason.  A place for him to re-live the experience and give you the inside scoop.  Usually, Mista Vybe would let his work speak for him, but then that would defeat the purpose of MistaVybeWorld.com.

100% Mista Vybe…..all accomplishments included.

• Flashback: Nadia Batson, “My Posse”, and Me
• Flashback: How I Helped Create “Soca Michael Jackson”!
• Flashback: Soca Monarch Finals 2006!

Mista Vybe  Live on Rango Radio 16.1FM (Airs Tuesday Oct 6^th, 2009 at 9pm EST.)

On Tuesday October 6th, 2009, Mista Vybe will make a special appearance on “Rango Radio 16.1FM” hosted by Trinidad & Tobago’s puppet fashion icon, Whitney Williams.  If you’re unfamiliar with her entertaining, cutting edge hot topics and unforgettable, interactive LIVE Talk Show (which is perfect for Mista Vybe), click here for more information.  Past guests on this popular show include the likes of Patrice Roberts and Umi Marcano, and this week, the one and only Mista Vybe is in the hot seat.

Remember: Tune in next Tuesday to the “Rango Radio 16.1FM” show with host Whitney Williams on Gayelle The Channel at 9:00pm (EST). Overseas fans can stay tuned to MistaVybeWorld for footage from the show, soon to come.

Stay Connected to Mista Vybe.

• NEW MUSIC:  False Pretender (Picture Frame Riddim Smash) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

• SEASON 2: “2 D WORLD! (TORONTO)” will begin taping soon

• Mista Vybe is heavy in the studio. Check out “Sneak Peak: In The Studio With Madmen Productions”! for one of the reasons he’s been living in the studio

• A lot of special projects and collaborations from Mista Vybe coming soon.  Stay locked onto MistaVybeWorld.com, the only place you’ll get the info straight from the source.

It’s Not Just Soca …

I can hardly believe it, but we’re already up to BLOGISODE 3 of my Reality series “2 D World!” – and believe me we’re only JUST getting the party started – LITERALLY – in this one. Get ready to see your boy (Mista Vybe inna yuh Dancehall again) totally “mash up” Germany with a hype performance at one of the premiere events on Berlin’s Carnival calendar.

As the MC for the night, Weasel (of Threeks Sound) very accurately puts it while ushering me onstage at the very beginning of the clip : “It’s time to take it up to another f***in’ level!”

Believe me, words can’t express how happy I am to unveil these exclusive LIVE clips of me performing for the very appreciative German Soca Massive at Glow fete, which was held at the swany Bohannon Club. It was a once in a lifetime experience that I’ll never forget, and look forward to re-living soon for another Berlin Carnival (who say KDK 2010? lol).

With selector Nico at the controls and the rest of Threeks Sound in my corner, yours truly fully represented Soca and Trinidad And Tobago that night, as you’ll see from the amazing footage in this Blogisode.

By the way, big ups to the entire Threeks family for really holding me down on this performance. If you look closely, you’ll see Alex, Steffen and Weasel jumping and waving in the background – along with Nico. How my selector (Nico AKA Al Scratchino) managed to jump and wave and get on bad for my whole performance, while never missing a cue to bring in a new tune is beyond me though lol. What can I say? Threeks Sound “run tings” every time! (Big up my dawg Schoki and his crew SWS too!)

As for the the audience, you’ll see the German posse jump, wave, wine, shout “Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire” and pretty much do every single thing normally associated with a regular “maddd” Soca fete – except this one was halfway around the world in the middle of a nightclub in Berlin!

Special big up to London-based Soca artist Scrappy, who opened the show earlier and set the bar high for me, starting off the madness for the night with quite a bang. Bless up, bredrin!

I’m happy to say that the love of Soca was evident all night long – throughout my performance and his – and, again, the video speaks a thousand words as evidence of that.

All I can really say is thanks to the entire German Soca massive, special thanks to Threeks Sound and the management and staff of the Bohannon who all contributed to making Glow in Berlin an event that I will cherish forever.

Special shout out to Yard Gear in Berlin as well – the cool T-shirt I performed in came directly from them – you’ll see more of Yard Gear in coming blogisdes, I promise ;-)

Oh – I nearly forgot – there’s a special treat near the end of the video… just wait for the High Energy Alert to kick in and then keep your eyes peeled! ;-)

Ladies and gents, German Soca Massive and the World at large: without further ado, I give you “2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – BLOGISODE 3: Mista Vybe Inna Yuh Dancehall Again (Live at Glow, Berlin)”!

2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – Blogisode 3: Mista Vybe Inna Yuh Dancehall Again (Live At Glow, Berlin) from Mista Vybe on Vimeo.

Blessings to all – Mista Vybe outtttttttt!!!

STARRING:

Mista Vybe, Joanne Marcano,

Threeks Sound, Count Shortleg of SWS, Wukup Terrorists and Bohannon in Berlin, Germany

VIDEO RECORDED BY:

Joanne Marcano of Real Mark Global Group

VIDEO EDITING & ANIMATION:

Keith Matthews Jr. of Sav Creative Media

First things first – EXTRA special shout out to my growing Facebook Army…we’re up to 900 Mista Vybe Facebook Fans and counting!

It’s hard to believe that just a couple weeks ago Fans on that page barely numbered 200! Wow! I can’t explain how grateful and thankful I am to you guys for showing your support on FB. If you haven’t signed up yet, go to the Mista Vybe Fan Page and sign up NOW! And feel free to holla at your boy with a comment over there too.

I say we go for 1000 members – who’s with me? What do you guys think I should do to celebrate reaching a thousand? Leave a comment and let me know!

I also have to thank everyone for all the great feedback on my Reality show “2 D World!”. Since launching Blogisode 2 on Wednesday we got alot of great feedback from all corners (Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, etc.) and we’re happy you’re enjoying sharing my German Carnival experience as much as we enjoyed capturing it on film. Look out for Blogisode 3 – coming soon.

I have to say even MORE thanks to you all for the amazing positive responses I keep getting about my new track “False Pretender” On the Picture Frame Riddim (produced by Madmen Productions and Julian “Julio” Nelson), which was released on Wednesday as well. I’m glad you guys are feeling me already for 2010. Trust me this is ONLY the beginning.

Speaking of Madmen Productions, I hit the studio with my longtime friend Madman Johann (big up the rest of the Madmen Productions team) to work on more new material this week too…

Believe me when I tell you – Johann and I started a MONSTER that night! We wound up working all night until it was almost sunrise – crazy right? Oh – did I mention that I STARTED BACK PRODUCING NOW, beginning in that session with the Madman where I put down some drums for my Carnival 2010 Power Soca tune? You guys will hear what I’m talkin about soon lol! Hmmm… anyone have a good name for my production company? Holla at me with a comment and let me know ;-)

Big shout out to the Ma$tamind Productions family out in New York. I had a chance to vibe musically and catch up on a personal level with producer/musician/artist Shawn Noel (yeah the guy that sings “Rum & Roti” lol) and his manager/wife Natasha from the Ma$tamind camp, which is always a pleasure. I’m happy to announce that after years of talking about working together we finally got the ball rolling this week. You can look out for a couple new collaborations between Ma$tamind Productions and myself… one of which I know is bound to shock a lot of folks (wink at Shawn and Tasha). More on that soon too (evil grin).

What else? Let’s see… I just finished up doing a great interview with D’ Iceman Garnet and my homey DJ Ultimate Sting on TSWRadio.com (audio of that interview is coming to the Media Page soon) where I talked about my new tune and the new blogisde as well as MistaVybeWorld.com. I have to say a heartfelt thanks to the whole TriniSocaWarriors crew out in Toronto – Garnet and Sting always support fully and hold me down. Keep flying the flag guys – I’ll keep putting out great music to help you do your thing!

Well that’s about it for now… still have tons of writing to do for various projects. Tons of music still have to be put out and that takes HARD WORK! So back to the grind for me…

Stay blessed and take my foolish advice – just GO AFTER YOUR DREAMS!!! I know I am, and even though it’s some of the hardest work you can imagine at times, I wouldn’t have any other way. Thanks for the blessings, Lord.

Talk to you guys again soon. For now, Mista Vybe is OUTTTTTTTT!!!

This second installment takes place the morning after my wicked performance where I mashed up U-Club in Wuppertal, Germany. You get to meet up with myself and my manager Joanne outside of the hotel shortly after we dragged ourselves out of bed (only a couple hours after the actual show – no rest for the wicked lol). Then, we introduce you to some of the people that made our mini-tour in Germany both possible and pleasurable.

You’ll meet the crazy and very cool guys that were my DJs and entourage in Germany – the infamous Threeks Sound crew: Alex, Nico (wickedest Soca selector in Germany – Mista Vybe say dat!) and Weasel (you might remember him singing “I don’t know what you come to do but I come to get on real baaaaad” into my mic in during my performance of my tune “Up” back in Blogisde 1 lol).

You also get to meet the man we refer to as Mr. Business – AKA Steffen (AKA “Jah Marks” lol)… this guy LITERALLY came in at the last minute after some initial negotiation difficulties and magically organized a near-perfect mini-tour for us in like 7 DAYS! He also was the best driver, tour guide, host and ambassador for Germany’s Soca culture anyone could ask for lol. We’re forever in his debt (and in debt to his wifey Melissa too lol) for giving us this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the amazing love that Germany has for Soca music and Caribbean vibes in general.

Following the introductions, we travel 6 hours and many miles to the Bohannon club in the city of Berlin (the Soca mecca of Germany) later on that night, where I performed for Germany’s version of Glow (a popular concept in TnT  – a party where you must wear white to gain entrance). Before the performance begins, Jo and I talk a little about the trip thus far, the amazing German people, the love we received and many other topics.

This episode gives you some idea of how much the German Soca massive really loves Soca music and the culture of the islands, and how far they (and my manager and I) were willing to go to defend that culture.

As a matter of fact, right at the beginning of the clip, Joanne interviews the guys from Threeks Sound, one of whom is wearing a T-Shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Soca Or Die”, and when she asks: “Would you really die for Soca?” The answer is an unhesitate “DEFINITELY”.

That’s how Jo and I feel about Soca too and it shows in this clip, right up to when Weasel starts introducing my performance onstage at Glow…

But more on that next time ;-)

For now it’s about “2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – BLOGISODE 2: Living (And Dying) For Soca”!

Blessings – Vybe OUT!!!!

STARRING:

Mista Vybe, Joanne Marcano,

Threeks Sound and Bohannon in Berlin, Germany

VIDEO RECORDED BY:

Joanne Marcano of Real Mark Global Group

VIDEO EDITING & ANIMATION:

Keith Matthews Jr. of Sav Creative Media

For a while now we have been hinting on MistaVybeWorld.com and its related outlets (Vimeo, Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, etc) about SOMETHING BIG Coming Soon… and I’m thrilled to announce to you that SOMETHING BIG is finally here. :-D

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the internet – via MistaVybeWorld.com, of course – the first EVER reality series starring a Trini/Soca artist. Yes I said it. Hey – the truth is the truth – it’s the FIRST of its kind EVER. No one has ever done it quite like this before. What can I say? I like breaking new ground. ;-)

Yes – you read it right. Yours Truly (that would be ME – Mista Vybe) is starring in my own brand new Reality Show series, which we have fittingly titled “2 D World!”

Here’s the backstory: ever since  my manager Joanne and I landed in our respective home countries (she’s based in Toronto while I reside in Trinidad) after our amazing week in Germany, our blackberries and laptops haven’t stopped buzzing with questions and comments regarding our European trip and when people would be able to see and hear more about it – so here it is – a full season of my new show recorded during our fantastic week in Bundesrepublik Deutschland (that’s “Republic Of Germany” for you English-speakers lol).

From the moment we landed in Frankfurt, we really wished we could have carried everyone with us to experience the wonder of that week and soak in the incredible energy we encountered from the German “Soca Massive”, and then eventually we hit on the perfect solution!

Looking at the video footage Jo had shot in Frankfurt, Wedding, Berlin, Wuppertal and everywhere else we went, it was clear that we had captured some really special moments that we needed to share, and so the idea for a Reality Show to allow us to show our German trip “2 D World” (literally) was born.

After Jo wisely placed the footage in the skilled hands of Toronto-based director/editor/producer Keith Matthews Jr. (affectionately known as “Sav” to us) of God Stone Films and Sav Creative Media, what we emerged in the end with was nothing short of ground-breaking.

In this first episode of “2 D World” that we’re releasing today (September 2nd, 2009) YOU get the extreme honour of meeting my feisty manager and partner-in-crime Joanne Marcano (I just call her Jo) as she leaves Toronto and heads to Germany to meet me so we can go do our first show that night.

Come along with us as Joanne and I link up in Frankfurt (after more than 10 hours each of flying) and meet our German hosts (big up Steffen AKA Jah Marks and the whole Threeks International Sound System). After driving 6 hours, yuh boy Mista Vybe (that’s me lol) totally “mashed up” Germany’s hottest Reggae club (U-Club) in Wuppertal with a wicked performance.

Despite having problems with my peformance CDs (which refused to be read by the CD players the DJs had that evening) and a malfunctioning laptop (so I couldn’t burn new CDs either), Jo, Threeks and I managed to get the situation under control just in time for me to deliver a truly incredible performance (even if I do say so myself) in Wuppertal.

A special Big Up to Steffen & Melissa (our gracious and hardworking hosts without whom the trip would not have been possible), the whole Threeks International crew (Nico, Alex & Weasel – we got mad love for you guys – thanks for being my DJs for the trip), Count Shortleg (luv ya Schoki!), the always hype Wuk Up Terrorist girls (Germany’s Number One Soca dance crew and my favourite German fans), and of course everyone at U-Club  and the Hotel Astor in Wuppertal.

Okay – so that’s it for now. Don’t waste anymore time!  Check out “Blogisode 1: Welcome To Deutschland” (get it? Blog-Episode? Blogisode? lol) of my new series “2 D World! (Germany)” and stay tuned to MistaVybeWorld.com for many more blogisodes of “2 D World!” which I assure you will be Coming Soon!

Oh, and please feel free to comment on this post and let us know how you like the show! That’s all until the next Blogisode.

Mista Vybe inna yuh Dancehall again… OUT!

2 D WORLD! (GERMANY) – BLOGISODE 1: Welcome to Deutschland from Mista Vybe on Vimeo.

STARRING:

Mista Vybe, Joanne Marcano,

Threeks Sound, Wukup Terrorists

and U-Club in Wuppertal, Germany

VIDEO RECORDED BY:

Joanne Marcano of Real Mark Global Group

VIDEO EDITING & ANIMATION:

Keith Matthews Jr. of Sav Creative Media